In the early days of aviation, there was a great deal of experimentation and a high death rate.

Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.

I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.

I'm extremely confident that solar will be at least a plurality of power, and most likely a majority... in less than 20 years.

Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of what you're doing is as valuable as gold

Optimism, pessimism, f**k that; we're going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I'm hell-bent on making it work.

I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

Mars is the only place in the solar system where it's possible for life to become multi-planetarian.

My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.

If you notice yourself viewing a potential partner as a "work in progress", that's a sign to find someone else.

Since knowledge is equal to money - it is wise not to use it all at once, but to apply the rules of economics and spread it respectively

Untouchability shuts all doors of opportunities for betterment in life for Untouchables. It does not offer an Untouchable any opportunity to move freely in society

I'm not secretly on the board of Marvel.

I liked "Superman/Batman: The Search for Kryptonite" because I really enjoyed the interaction between those two characters.

If I wanna be president, I probably can.

My priorities are my friends and my family.

Life without limbs? Or life without limits?

The mind is matter in solution and matter is mind in form.

I think that the economics of book publishing favor hits with long book runs. You make all your money on the last bunch of books, not the first.